Moonlight Trails

As we walked into the cabin, I could suddenly feel someone staring at me. I look up, to see not just one, but three sets of eyes, glaring at us. Bags under all their eyes.

"Sounded like you two had a rather eventful night." Mamaw pointed out, stirring her cup of tea, still glaring at me.

Meanwhile Moonlight has the other two sets focused on her. "She shouldn't have stayed in there to begin with." Twilight added on.

"She's in heat and he was in rut. There would have been no stopping him once she started. So unless we were there to actively intervene, then it's nature taking its course." Mamaw added on, her eyes now on Twilight.

"You two did at least use protection, right?" Sunset asked, looking at the both of us. We couldn't help but to remain silent. "Oh for the love of..." Sunset growled out, bringing her hand to her face in annoyance.

"Anyways..." Mamaw said, breaking the silence. "We are still waiting for an answer from you Smokey. You need to look into your future, especially now, and decide what would be best." She added.

Moonlight, Twilight, and Sunset went into another room, leaving me and mamaw. I sit down across from her, having fully considered everything. "By no means am I a chieftain of any sorts, and I am thankful to be considered for the role." I say, running my hand through my hair in thought.

"If I was to say yes, I need to be shown what is expected of me. I want to be allowed to come and go as needed. Even if I may do this, Moonlight and her mother's have brought me in as family, they will be my main priority with Moonlight reigning above all." I state, refusing to budge from my stance.

She looked at me with skepticism. "Of course you'll be taught what to do, there's a challenge ritual you have to do before you'll be officially accepted. Secondly, you can't be given free reign to just up and leave whenever you please. What happens in the event that we get attacked?" She retorted, wanting an immediate response.

"Then we have a trained militant force. We could potentially have royal guards train the pegasus who are interested in becoming guards. Besides, in the event of an attack, it would be more beneficial to have that, rather than one lone fighter in a blood rage."
I answered, still not budging.

She sat there for a moment, unsure what to say, eventually giving a defeated sigh. "I will consider you terms, but it will also depend on if Princess Twilight will be fine with leasing us a few of her soldiers long enough to train a competent fighting force." She admitted, her eyes coming back up to meet me.

"I will talk to Twilight about." I suggested, finally reaching a middleman.

"I want to address something now." She chipped in, her eyes locking on the door Moonlight and the others went through. "What of Moonlight?" Mamaw asked, worry in her voice.

"If I have my way about it, she will be part of my future. I will go to the gates of tartarus and back just to see her safe." I admitted full heartedly.

"Do you really have full intentions of spending the rest of your life with her?" She asked, finally cutting to the point.

"Absolutely. Without her, you will not have your chieftain." I snapped back.

She sat there for a moment, contemplating everything said. She brought her cup up, taking a sip of tea before sighing out. "You'll start your training at the start of next week. I'll get in contact with the carpenters to let you remodel the chieftain's cabin how you want. Get some rest while you can." She ordered.

I nodded before standing up, letting everyone back in and taking their seats. "So what has been decided?" Twilight asked, looking between both me and Mamaw.

"I'll do it on the grounds of I'm still working for you, though I have a favor to ask so i can do both. I wish to train up some guards here, so could you lend a few guards to train guards for here." I asked, seeing her furrow her brow.

"Please understand, i know this is a lot to ask, but it would allow me to leave here and come do whatever you may need." I add on, hoping for the best.

Twilight sat there for a moment, her finger on her chin in thought. "I should be able to send my brother and Rainbow Dash to train you a group of soldiers." She said, pulling out a book from thin air, going through the pages.

I gave a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "Thank you. I do have one final bit of business to address, but Twilight,I would like to ask you that one on one." I sighed out..

Twilight looked up at me from her book, slightly confused. "O...k? What is it about?" She asked.

"I'm not at liberty to say, but it is good news depending on how you look at it." I assured her with a smile.

She nodded slightly, even more confused now. "Well, if it's something important, shouldn't it be discussed regardless of who is in the room?" She asked, not allowing me to be subtle.

"It's uhh...about Moonlight" I eventually confessed, Moonlight, Twilight, and Sunset all look up at me in confusion.

Seeing no way out of this, I hang my head in defeat "I have training I have to do myself before even being able to be chieftain. After I get done, I want to ask her to be my bride." I admitted.

I look at Moonlight, seeing her face light up instantly, her expression showing pure shock. Twilight and Sunset look at one another before laughing softly. "We joke that you two are already married. Besides, if you didn't plan on marrying her after what you two did last night, I'd see to it you're castrated personally." She said with a diabolical grin

A chill ran down my spine upon hearing her. I nodded softly before looking at everyone. "Well, if anyone doesn't have anything else to add, I guess everyone can head on out."